Quick guide to disc types, Recordable and playable discs – Sony RDR-HX710/HX910 User Manual

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Quick Guide to Disc Types

Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)

• 8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2

with CPRM

*1

)

• 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)
• 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs

“DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” “DVD+R DL,”
and “DVD-R” are trademarks.

*1

CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.

*2

This logo applies to 4x and 6x speed DVD-RW discs.

Recordable and playable discs

Type

Disc Logo

Icon used in
this manual

Formatting
(new discs)

Compatibility with other DVD
players (finalizing)

Hard disk drive
(internal)

(Formatting
unnecessary)

Dub HDD contents to a DVD to
play on other DVD players

DVD+RW

Automatically
formatted in +VR
mode

Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)

DVD-
RW

VR
mode

Format in VR mode
(page 29)

Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
unnecessary)

Video
mode

Format in Video mode

(page 29)

Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 39)

DVD+R

Automatically
formatted

Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 39)

DVD+R DL

DVD-R

Automatically
formatted

Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 39)

HDD

+

RW

*2

-RW

VR

-RW

Video

+

R

-

R

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